Fred Legace

Kamloops Airport hits record numbers in 2015

KAMLOOPS - After a slow start to 2015 a record number of travellers still came through the gates at Fulton Field. The Kamloops Airport is reporting more than 32,000 travellers through the gates in December, for a total of 324,000 travellers in 2015. In 2014, more than 313,000 travellers used the local airport, which at...

Kamloops Airport cleaning up after storm

KAMLOOPS - There were nine flight cancellations at the airport Sunday and Monday but the break in the storm means flights are back to normal and crews have been able to start cleanup on additional taxiways. A total of 35 centimetres fell at Kamloops Airport over the course of the storm and airport manager Fred...

Passenger numbers continue to grow at Kamloops Airport

KAMLOOPS - The number of travellers using Fulton Field continues to climb monthly as the airport aims for another record year. In September, nearly 25,000 travellers came through the gates of Kamloops Airport, up from just over 23,000 in September 2014. That brings the year-to-date numbers up to more than 238,000 this year, a 2.5...

More travellers using Kamloops Airport

KAMLOOPS - With more than 27,000 passengers through the gates last month the Kamloops Airport remains on track for a record year. In July 2015 nearly 27,200 people used the Kamloops Airport for travel, an 8.3 per cent increase over July 2014. Managing Director Fred Legace partially attributes the higher numbers to increased tourist travel...

Kamloops Airport numbers continue to climb

KAMLOOPS - The upward trend in the number of travellers coming through the gates at Fulton Field continued in May, following a slower start to the year. The first three months of 2015 saw a slight decline in the number of travellers coming through Kamloops Airport but both April and May offered an increase in...

Kamloops Airport receives $4.4M in federal funding

KAMLOOPS – Fulton Field will receive more than $4 million in federal funding to help upgrade the runways this year. Local Member of Parliament Cathy McLeod joined Mayor Peter Milobar and other delegates at the airport today, May 22, to announce a federal pledge of $4.4 million. These funds are 55 per cent of what...

Flights cancelled by police helicopter searching for suspect

KAMLOOPS - Two arrival flights were cancelled Wednesday afternoon due to RCMP acitivities that closed air space above Kamloops.  RCMP requested air space closure as its helicopter hovered and flew over the Batchelor Heights area in the search for suspects after a Mountie was shot in the early morning hours. "It was a tad on...

The reason fewer travellers used Kamloops airport in January

KAMLOOPS - There were nearly 1,300 fewer travellers who came through the Kamloops Airport last month than the January before and it is believed the lower oil prices may be to blame. In January 2015 nearly 27,800 people came through the gates at Fulton Field, down from the more than 29,000 that travelled in January...